Search Results
- IDNO:
- 051838
- Title:
- B. Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- A young Morton is pictured inside A. M. Slusher's photo studio.
- IDNO:
- 051839
- Title:
- Guthur Price Morton, Bluefield, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Portrait of baby Morton.
- IDNO:
- 051847
- Title:
- Baby Ralph McMillan, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910-1920
- Description:
- Portrait of baby McMillan.
- IDNO:
- 051850
- Title:
- McMillen Children, Masontown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910-1920
- Description:
- Robert Henry and Edna Glenda McMillen are pictured together.
- IDNO:
- 051853
- Title:
- Mrs. McMillan, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1960
- Description:
- Photo of Ralph McMillan's mother beside a small garden.
- IDNO:
- 051918
- Title:
- PFC Russell L. McIlwain, Long Beach, Ca.
- Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- McIlwain was part of the 7th Division Marine Detachment and a crew member on the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052132
- Title:
- Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Date:
- 1942/05/27
- Description:
- Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.
- IDNO:
- 052796
- Title:
- Leila Harper Mauzy
- Date:
- 1888
- Description:
- Leila Harper Mauzy at age 18.
- IDNO:
- 052856
- Title:
- Portrait of Elizabeth Moore
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Portrait of Elizabeth Irwin Moore. Moore, who was married to James Robertson Moore, was the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary before the building and land were incorporated into the campus of West Virginia University. She later opened Morgantown Female Seminary on High Street.Elizabeth Moore Hall on the Morgantown campus of West Virginia University was named in her honor shortly before her death in 1930.
- IDNO:
- 053028
- Title:
- Young Woman with Puppy
- Date:
- ca. 1920-1938
- Description:
- Back of photo reads: "This is Buddy and Me. Hope you like the picture and can tell which is which, Ha! Ha! Lovingly, Mary."
- IDNO:
- 053080
- Title:
- Omze, Wife of Luther Martin
- Date:
- ca. 1930
- IDNO:
- 053235
- Title:
- Ruth Frances Maxwell
- Date:
- ca. 1920
- Description:
- The young woman pictured is likely Ruth Frances Maxwell, Louis Johnson's wife. The text on the corner reads, "Mostly yours."